de rigueur
Example Sentences
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She appears free of the extreme cosmetic interventions that have become de rigueur for her contemporaries—and, in the trickle-down sense, mine.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026
After every Emmys, it’s de rigueur to write about shows that were “snubbed.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2025
The practice caught on, and now it’s nearly de rigueur for politicians to wear it on their attire.
From Salon • Apr. 6, 2025
Jackson recently published Lovely One, her entry into the canon of de rigueur Supreme Court memoirs.
From Slate • Oct. 4, 2024
Though self-aggrandizement was de rigueur among the generalissimos of the time, he remained ever cautious.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
